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These revelations have been published a few days ago by the Washington Times, which mocks Washington's official statement that was given in response to the remarks made by the Russian Defense Ministry, that allowing terrorists to sell oil freely is a direct violation of a number of UN Security Council resolutions.
In turn, Russia's warplanes have been inflicting serious damage on ISIL in Syria over the last two months, effectively undermining the source of its funding. This step has put Washington in a peculiar position, forcing it to start destroying oil facilities and vehicles run by the Islamic State in Iraq in a desperate attempt to avoid an imminent PR disaster.
Under these conditions, while suffering huge human and financial losses due to the combined assault of Russia's aircraft and Syrian regular troops, the Islamic State is now forced to turn its attention to other Muslim states, seeking any means to get the cash flowing back in. That is why in November the leaders of ISIL began urgently planning "active expansion" in Libya, a nation rich in hydrocarbons, as well as in Afghanistan.
Although Afghanistan has no oil or gas reserves worth mentioning, ISIL still could use it as a means to replenish its rapidly vanishing financial wealth, since there are still many opportunities there through criminal activities to make significant fortunes.
Comment: Indeed, ISIS is beginning to establish itself in Afghanistan and is spreading throughout Libya as well.It's long been rumored that the CIA is covertly running Afghanistan's opium trade. This would make for a natural transfer to the Daesh-bags as their oil funds dry-up from the Russian-led coalition's dissemination of ISIL's infrastructure.
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